Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by JorgeGT on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @06:23AM
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I mean, it's in the name, web server. It serves things to people when people asks:
- Hey, can I GET this drink?
- 200 OK, here it is pal.
- 204 Uh, the bottle appears to be empty
- 206 I have only half the ingredients for the mix
- 300 Stirred or shaken?
- 301 That drink is now called this, but here it is!
- 400 I can't understand what you say buddy, are you drunk?
- 403 I'm sorry, but I must refuse to serve you that drink
- 404 Oops, I can't seem to find the bottle
- 411 How much do you want?
- 413 That's too much drink!
- 418 I'm actually a teapot
- 503 Too busy right now!
Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by harryh on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:02AM
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A web server is a thing people use to make files publicly accessible
False.
There are lots of things on webservers that aren't public. Try to access:
https://github.com/harryh/my-private-repo
You can't, because github hasn't made a mistake and accidentally made all private repos public.
If github screwed up one day and all private repos were temporarily made public it would be illegal for you to run a script that tried to scrape them all down to your personal hard drive.
As such, your analogies to situations (locked houses, unattended jewelry) with the opposite expectation just disprove your point. Assuming a file is private even though it's publicly accessible on a web server is as nonsensical as assuming an object is free for the taking even though it's an unattended diamond ring.